IXL Summer Adventures skill plan

IXL Summer Adventures skill plan - 7th grade

Get students exploring new topics this summer with these hand-picked skills, organized around fun daily themes!

Days
Day 1: A picture is worth a thousand words		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 3. Graph triangles and quadrilaterals 4. Italian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art
Day 1: A picture is worth a thousand words
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 3. Graph triangles and quadrilaterals 4. Italian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art

Day 2: Point of view		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Front, side, and top view 4. Source analysis: the Boston Massacre
Day 2: Point of view
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Front, side, and top view 4. Source analysis: the Boston Massacre

Day 3: Hot and cold		1. Compare temperatures above and below zero 2. Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures 3. Predict heat flow and temperature changes 4. Compare thermal energy transfers
Day 3: Hot and cold
1. Compare temperatures above and below zero 2. Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures 3. Predict heat flow and temperature changes 4. Compare thermal energy transfers

Day 4: The art of argument		1. Identify counterclaims 2. Trace an argument 3. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater 4. The Constitutional Convention
Day 4: The art of argument
1. Identify counterclaims 2. Trace an argument 3. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater 4. The Constitutional Convention

Day 5: Just an average day		1. Interpret charts and graphs to find mean, median, mode, and range 2. Calculate the averages of traits in a population Activity: Gather data from your family and friends, such as age, shoe size, or height in inches. What is the mean? What is the median? If the mean and median are different, why do you think that is?
Day 5: Just an average day
1. Interpret charts and graphs to find mean, median, mode, and range 2. Calculate the averages of traits in a population Activity: Gather data from your family and friends, such as age, shoe size, or height in inches. What is the mean? What is the median? If the mean and median are different, why do you think that is?

Day 6: Get down to the source		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 3. Identify primary and secondary sources 4. Origins of scientific names
Day 6: Get down to the source
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 3. Identify primary and secondary sources 4. Origins of scientific names

Day 7: It's all about context		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 3. Ratios and rates: word problems 4. Add, subtract, multiply, or divide two decimals: word problems
Day 7: It's all about context
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 3. Ratios and rates: word problems 4. Add, subtract, multiply, or divide two decimals: word problems

Day 8: Oops!		1. Correct errors with signs 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Correct capitalization errors 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Day 8: Oops!
1. Correct errors with signs 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Correct capitalization errors 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Day 9: That's the opposite		1. Graph integers on horizontal and vertical number lines 2. Integer inequalities with absolute values 3. Choose the antonym 4. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Day 9: That's the opposite
1. Graph integers on horizontal and vertical number lines 2. Integer inequalities with absolute values 3. Choose the antonym 4. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Day 10: Theme park		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the themes of short stories Activity: Find a novel you've read recently and pick out 5 of your favorite quotes. What themes do you think they support?
Day 10: Theme park
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the themes of short stories Activity: Find a novel you've read recently and pick out 5 of your favorite quotes. What themes do you think they support?

Day 11: What's missing?		1. Does x satisfy an equation? 2. Solve one-step equations with whole numbers 3. Solve one-step equations: word problems 4. Misplaced modifiers with pictures
Day 11: What's missing?
1. Does x satisfy an equation? 2. Solve one-step equations with whole numbers 3. Solve one-step equations: word problems 4. Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Day 12: Break it down		1. Find all the factor pairs of a number 2. Factor variable expressions using the distributive property 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 4. Body systems: digestion
Day 12: Break it down
1. Find all the factor pairs of a number 2. Factor variable expressions using the distributive property 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 4. Body systems: digestion

Day 13: Get organized		1. Read graphic organizers 2. Organize information by main idea 3. Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system 4. International organizations
Day 13: Get organized
1. Read graphic organizers 2. Organize information by main idea 3. Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system 4. International organizations

Day 14: Problem solving		1. Absolute value and integers: word problems 2. One-step inequalities: word problems 3. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
Day 14: Problem solving
1. Absolute value and integers: word problems 2. One-step inequalities: word problems 3. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

Day 15: What are the chances?		1. Probability of simple events and opposite events 2. Probability of mutually exclusive events and overlapping events Activity: Make up your own game involving probability. Can you make the game fair? Can you change it so that you're more likely to win?
Day 15: What are the chances?
1. Probability of simple events and opposite events 2. Probability of mutually exclusive events and overlapping events Activity: Make up your own game involving probability. Can you make the game fair? Can you change it so that you're more likely to win?

Day 16: Let's experiment		1. Experimental probability 2. Make predictions using experimental probability 3. Identify control and experimental groups 4. Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth
Day 16: Let's experiment
1. Experimental probability 2. Make predictions using experimental probability 3. Identify control and experimental groups 4. Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth

Day 17: Search party		1. Find missing angles in triangles 2. Round whole numbers and decimals: find the missing digit 3. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 4. French and English expeditions: part I
Day 17: Search party
1. Find missing angles in triangles 2. Round whole numbers and decimals: find the missing digit 3. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 4. French and English expeditions: part I

Day 18: Cause and effect		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 4. Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society
Day 18: Cause and effect
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 4. Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society

Day 19: Compare and contrast		1. Compare rational numbers 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Identify and compare air masses
Day 19: Compare and contrast
1. Compare rational numbers 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Identify and compare air masses

Day 20: Clearance sale		1. Which is the better coupon? 2. Sale prices Activity: Find a percent-off sale in a newspaper ad, a local store, or online. Figure out the sales price for some items you're interested in. How much do you save? Is it more or less than you expected?
Day 20: Clearance sale
1. Which is the better coupon? 2. Sale prices Activity: Find a percent-off sale in a newspaper ad, a local store, or online. Figure out the sales price for some items you're interested in. How much do you save? Is it more or less than you expected?